"lay down one's arms" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: lays down one's arms [present, singular, third-person], laying down one's arms [participle, present], laid down one's arms [participle, past], laid down one's arms [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|lay<,,laid> down one's arms}} lay down one's arms (third-person singular simple present lays down one's arms, present participle laying down one's arms, simple past and past participle laid down one's arms)
  1. To discard one's weapons and cease fighting. Synonyms: lay down one's weapons, lay down arms Translations (Translations): luopua aseista (Finnish), déposer les armes (French), leteszi a fegyvert (Hungarian), składać broń [imperfective] (Polish), złożyć broń [perfective] (Polish), складати зброю (skladaty zbroju) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), скласти зброю (sklasty zbroju) [perfective] (Ukrainian)

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